Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Barner, Rev. Charles W. October 16, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News  on 10/20/2009  
  Barner, Rev. Charles W.    
   
   
  Rev. Charles W. Barner MYERSTOWN The Rev. Charles W. Barner, 84, entered into 
  eternal rest on Friday, October 16, 2009, at the E.C.C Retirement 
  VillageStoneridge Village Health Care Center. Born on July 19, 1925, in 
  Richfield, the son of the late Elmer Newton and Blanche Ludella (Basom) Barner. 
  On March 19 1983, Rev. Barner married the former Etta Dysle, who survives. His 
  passing breaks a marital union of of 26 years. He was preceded by his first 
  wife Marietta (Van Horne) Barner on January 23, 1982. He was a 1944 graduate of 
  East Hempfield High School and a 1949 graduate of Moravian College, Bethlehem, 
  studying Theology at Moravian Theological Seminary. He was an Ordained minister 
  of the Evangelical Congregational Church, retiring in 1990. He was Pastor for 
  the following congregations in Pennsylvania, The Blue Church of Williams 
  Township from 1945 to 1947; The Reedsville Charge from 1947 to 1953; St. 
  Matthew's Church of Emmaus from 1953 to 1961; Grace Church of Allentown from 
  1961 to 1967; St. Paul's Church in Reading from 1967 to 1970; First Church of 
  Palmyra from 1984 to 1990; and Bethany Church in Allentown from 1990 to 1994. 
  He served as Chief employed officer of Christian Endeavor International of 
  Columbus, Ohio, from 1970 to 1984 and as the General Secretary of the World's 
  Christian Endeavor Union from 1972 to 1984, in Columbus, Ohio. Rev. Barner 
  served as President of Kiwanis club and the PTA, while in Emmaus, and was a 
  member of the Kiwanis Club of Gahanna, Ohio, from 1970 to 1984. In addition to 
  his wife, he is survived by his three children and their spouses, Charles 
  Timothy Barner and his wife, Kathy Guthrie of Washington, D.C., Bruce E. 
  Barner, of Atlanta, Ga., and Rebecca A. Cathers and her husband, Scott of 
  McDonough, Ga.; six grandchildren, Matthew Cameron, Eric Barner, Michelle Tate, 
  Jennifer Von Essen, Jon Fenn and James Fenn; five greatgrandchildren; and 
  nieces and nephews. Rev. Barner was the last of his immediate family. He was 
  preceded by five brothers , Victor, Malvern, Palmer, Herman, and Robert Barner; 
  four sisters, Bertha Book, Grace Fogle, Mary Weider, and Almeda Aumiller. 
  Friends and family are invited for the Graveside Committal service at 2 p.m. 
  Friday, October 23, 2009, at St. John (Barner's) Lutheran Church Cemetery, 5 
  Barners Church Road, Liverpool. A viewing will be held from 1 to 1:45 p.m. 
  Friday, at the George P. Garman Funeral Homes. Inc., 606 N. Front St. 
  Liverpool. Officiating will be the Rev. Dana M. Logan, Chaplain of E.C.C 
  Retirement Village. A Memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, 
  October 24, 2009, at the Evangelical Theological Seminary Chapel, 121 S. 
  College St., Myerstown. Officiating will be the Rev. Michael W. Sigman. The 
  family will provide the flowers. Memorial gifts may be made in loving memory of 
  Rev. Barner to a charity of the donor's choosing.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 10/20/2009  
  
  
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